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NECK WEAR FASTENER.

No. 302,217. Patented July 15, 1884.

WITNESSES: I I

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. WRIGHT, OF NEXV YORK, N. Y.

NECK-WEAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,217, dated July 15,1884.

Application filed April 11, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JosErH H. WRIGHT, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Neck-Gear Fastener, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device forholding cravats, bows, and other IJGGk WGiLI on the collar-button, whichfastener can easily be secured on the shield or detached from the same.

The invention consists in a spring-wire frame provided with twoupwardly-proj ectin g same, showing it fastened on a scarf.

Two upwardlyprojecting prongs or springwires, A, are secured to a plate,B, and are then bent downward to form parts 0, and at the lower end ofthe parts C they are bent outwardly or laterally to form the partsD,whieh are pointed, and are located a short distance above the top edgeof the plate B. The springwires A are each provided with an outwardbend, A, to form a loop, E, for the shank of the collar-button.

If desired, a pin, F, either straight or in clined, can be fastened tothe plate B to projcct from the lower edge of the same, which pin Fserves to hold the end of the neckband G to the shield 1-1.

If desired, the plate D can be provided with two transverse slots, J,through which the pointed ends D of the spring-wire can be passed, asshown in Fig. 2.

The fastener can be made of sheet metal as well as of wire.

The fastener is secured on the shield in the following manner: The lowerends of the parts 0 are pressed together as much as possible, or curved,and the fastener is placed on the back shield, thus holding the fasteneron the bacl;

of the shield.

If necessary, the points D must be forced through the shield, or holesmay be made in the shield, through which holes the points D pass.

If the fastener shown in Fig. 2 is used, the pin F is first forcedthrough the shield to pro ject from the inner surface of the same.

If the neck-wear is to be held on the collarbutton, the top of thefastener is placed under the shank of the button in such a nianner'thatthe shank rests on the upper parts of the wire A and the neck-wear ispushed upward, causing the shank of the button to press the wires Aapart, and to pass into the loop E, in which it is held by thespring-tension in the wires The spring-wires serve to hold the fasteneron the neck-wear and on the collar-button.

Having thus described my-invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A neck-wear fastener consisting of two spring-arms, A, secured to andprojecting upward from a plate, and bent at A to form loop E, then bentdownward and laterally to form attaching-prongs D, substantially as setforth.

2. A neck-wear fastener consisting of two spring-arms, A, projectingupward from the plate B, to which they are secured, and bent at A toforin loop E, then bent downward and laterally to form attaching-prongsD, and the pin F, projecting from the bottom of the plate, substantiallyas set forth.

3. A neck-wear fastener consisting of the two spring-arms, A, and plateB, slotted at J J, said spring-arms projecting upward from the saidplate, and bent at A to form loop E,

and then bent downward and laterally to form attaching prongs D,constructed to pass through the slots J J, substantially as shown anddescribed.

JOSEPH H. WRIGHT. Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, C. SEDGWIOK.

of the shield c, with the ends of the points D

